Thanks to the Mariners holding the Yankees over a barrel and preferring to trade within their division, Lee dominated the Yankees in Game 3 of the ALCS from the enemy camp. The trade for Justin Smoak and a couple of rosin bags was somehow better than slugging catcher Jesus Montero.
Here's Smoak vs. Montero's AAA numbers:
Year Age Tm Lg Lev Aff G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB
Smoak AAA (2 seasons) 104 462 380 58 99 24 0 13 53 0 0 74 85 .261 .383 .426 .809 162 14 4
Montero AAA 2010 123 504 453 6613134 3 21 75 0 0 46 91 289 .353 .517 .870 234 14 1 0 4
Long term, Yanks may get the last laugh as, especially after his stellar tryout last night, Lee joins the rotation via free agency and he can pitch to Montero, as the catcher of the future.
The GB&U from last night:
The Good: Future Yankee Cliff Lee is better than Koufax. Andy was great. If not for a cheap shot into the short porch the game could have been 0-0.
The Bad: Yankee offense MIA. Obviously Lee had something to say about this but .194/.296/.584 for the series thus far is muy horible.
The Ugly: D-Rob's line: 1 out, 5 Run, Pukefest.
The Silver Lining: Offensive explosion any time now? They don't face Lee until Game 7.
The Headscratcher: Girardi going to pen underlings instead of Mo? Better be seeing multi-innings the next few day.
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